Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-07-27


ascus Commandry (Masons) Of st. Paul, Of
which deceased was member.
Huron, OAK, merchants are likely to do :
little grumbling at the new freight elassid-
cation on the Chicago & Northwestern rail-
road: Besides other changes there Is one
which doubles the rate on packages weigh
ing from two to four pounds each. The
present charges on such packages from
Chicago to Huron is so cents; under the new
arrangement d will be charged. This will
do away with the package rate entirely, ev-
erything being rated at 100-pound figures at
ter this. Heretofore merchants wanting only
small bill or some article to fill a special or
der have sent to Chicago and had It shipped
at package rates, but under the new CLASH
ttcatton this will have to be abandond and
they will be obliged to hold small orders un-
til sufficient is needed to justify them in
sending for shipments at 10Qpound rates.
The 18th, was the hottest day at La
Crosse, Wis, in fifteen years, 90 dog. There
were three deaths from sun.stroke. A far
tmer ~ the country, near by fell dead while
moving. At Madison, Wis, for twenty
two days consecutively the mercury has
ranged from n degrees to 90, the average
being ~ degrees for the period named. The
July last year, when tho registration was
NO degrees. The 18th it was So, the highest
or the year, and the same on the 10Th.
Twenty cases of sunstroke were reported at
Milwaukee, three fatal, and at Davenport,
lla., three fatal cases on the 10Th. There
was one death at GAINESVILLE, Wis, and one
at Winona, MINI.
Three persons in the audience, two
of whom it is thought will die, and an Indian
performer, were shot during the perform
ance OF Sells circus at Clinton, Iowa, on the
10th, while the stage coach robbery feature
was In the ring, one Of the cowboys using q
loaded pistol by mistake. Another account
says: 1t IL reported that the cowboys wanted
to kill one Of the Indians, and also that they
there drunk, but no arrests were made. The
extent of the affair was not fully realized
until the circus left town.
The assessors books have just been
received by the auditor of Mower county,
showing the following acreage for 1887:
Wheat, 1876 acres; oats, Sc, 922 acres; corn,
M,253 acres, barley, 26,2S9 acres; potatoes,
1'54s acres; cultivated hay, $685. acres;
max, 1890 acres; miscellaneous, 1900 acres.
There is an increase this year in everything
except wheat There is in the county at
the present time 1887 mich COWS, 1885
head OF other cattle, 6,068 sheep and about
1000 hogs.
At St. Paul, Mimi, n. c. Burbank
& Co., wholesale clothiers, The Minnesota
Spice Co., and p. 81. Kelley suffered loss to
the aggregated amount of S145, 900, by fire
which broke out on the 9th floor Of the Bur
bank house at 11.3O p. M, July %. The
origin of the fire is unknown. The damage
to the stock of Burbank & Co. is put atS9O,
600 insurance $125,O0O; Minnesota Spice Co.,
$4,000, fully covered by Insurance.; loss on
building owned by MIR. Kelley $500, insur-
ance, $4,000.
A special election was held at Crook
ston, Mimi, July Is, to vote CSC, 1000 in bonds
to aid tho Brainerd & Northern railway to
reach Crookston. The bonds were voted by
178 majority, the understanding being that
they 60 to tho Manitoba Railway company
The Manitoba is making surveys on a tract
Of land adjoining Crookston for stock yards
and centemplate,,putung railroad shops there
and establishing division headquarters al
an early day. =,
Thomas G. Blair, of Gault, Ont,
committed suicide at Ten Mile lake, Otte,
Tail Co., Mimi, Wednesday, by cutting his
throat and drowning. he arrived Monday
in company with his brother, R. G.. Blair
brothers departure comm}efesdf s r hfte G. ii:
be had been in Ill health for some time. His
brother returned from Minot and viii &C
company the remains to Gault, Ont.
The following estimate is forwarded
from Washington as to the condition OF
Minnesota's crop, making the yields of last
wear on a basis Of ion.